You heard that right, if you spend 2400MSP ($30USD) on any XBLA games or Add-ons, you will get 800MSP back when the promotion is over; however, expect an even longer wait based on how long it takes Microsoft to normally pay back people who take part in these deals.
The official time frame to buy 2400MSP worth of games is 12:01AM ET October 1 and 11:59PM ET October 31, so stock up on points and get to spending.
Note that it is only valid for one gift per person.
Outland, Ubisoft’s new downloadable game, may be outlandish, but its got style. And style is awesome. Just ask us, and we will tell you how awesome it is. Housemarque, creators of Stardust HD, are developing this eye catching game, and it is slated to be released in 2011 on Xbox 360 and PS3. One man must stand against Balance and Chaos. He must use both the powers of light and dark to save the world, or doom it. Taking inspiration from Prince of Persia and Assassin’s Creed, players must master the deadly traps of the world. Featuring a soundtrack from Ari Pulkkinen, this game looks pretty darn awesome. You know awesome when you see it.
Sure, you can build giant castles in Minecraft. You can even build a 1:1 replica of the enterprise from Star Trek. But I bet you didn’t think you could build a 16-bit ALU that can do basic math in binary.
Check out the video below to see it for yourself.
I’m not going to spend my time translating his explanation of what he did, just watch it. If you understand what he is talking about, then you can join me an AWE.
Now go buy Minecraft,or play the “currently” free version at MineCraft.Net
Ubisoft announced at its 2010 Digital Day event yesterday that DLC is coming soon for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game. In November actually, to supposedly coincide with the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray. The DLC content will include a new playable character, Knives Chau. There are also two new modes included, which is a free-for-all arena battle with weapons and dodgeball. The current set price for this DLC will be 160MSP or $1.99 on PSN.
Coinciding with the DLC a patch will be released to address difficulty balancing, clean out several bugs and introduce drop-in/drop-out co-op. Sadly the drop-in/drop-out co-op is still only for offline play. Ubisoft currently has no plans of releasing Online Co-op for this beat-em-up title.
For those of you that don’t scream “Taboo” when you here the word facebook, and are also looking forward to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood; then you might enjoy this bit of news.
There is a facebook game available…. on facebook… that will connect directly with the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game. The strategy title, supposedly plays similarly to Mafia Wars, and will “unlock extra content” and bonus experience in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, which comes out on November 16.
But don’t think you’ll stop playing this game when Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood comes out, because you can “unlock up to 25 exclusive missions” as well as experience and in-game currency, in the Facebook game; by playing Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. Talk about a double hitter!
The Japanese Okamiden Commercial is really cute. Cute Girl, Cute Puppy, and some gameplay footage thrown in as well.
Sure the entire 15 minutes is just gibberish to anyone who doesn’t know the language, but I’m sure you can appreciate what they are trying to pull off. With this one commercial, they are targeting both the females and the male consumers… Man those Japanese are smart!
Ubisoft is definitely bringing comedic murder to an all new level in their upcoming game Bloody Good Time. As you can see below the newly released trailer shows game footage of how you will be doing battle with your fellow co-stars to see who can be the most merciless and end up being the breakout star in the big world of Hollywood films. Sure the trailer may seem the same from the beginning but after that poor clown is tazered to death we see a variety of stereotypical movie characters doing battle with one another and killing one another with different weapons as if we were doing the murdering ourselves. Looks like you never truly understand a killer until you’ve seen the world through their eyes eh?
There has been no pricing announced quite yet for the game, but the release date has been announced for October 27th for both the XBLA and Steam download.
If you want to try out the demo for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, it is now possible. Add the demo to your Xbox 360 queue here. The demo is also available for the PS3 system via PSN. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is based on the 400 year old story, Journey to the West. You play as Monkey, a very strong character that MUST help Trip, electrical hacking genius. The reason that you must help Trip is that she has put a mind control device on your head. To find out more, look at these videos. You can buy the game on October 5, 2010 in the USA and October 8, 2010 in Europe.
Sonic’s Latest instalment will be converting back to the old days of 2D action and platforming, which will be dropping this month after a delay. The game will be available on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and ITunes. After quite a few 3D disasters in the franchise, this retro step could be just what the hedgehog needs.
If you’re a forgiving fan and look forward to Sonic’s re-entry, you can download him as follows:
Playstation Network (AU$19.95) on October 12th
Xbox Live Arcade (1200 Microsoft Points) on October 13th
Nintendo WiiWare (1500 Wii Points) on October 11th
As for the ITunes Store pricing, details are yet to be revealed, however it’ll be available at the earlier stage of October the 7th. SEGA may be asking a little too much for this initial episode of the game, but later releases might be cheaper. Hopefully Sonic’s new direction gives the much loved character what he deserves, a great game! It’ll be interesting to find out. Will you be buying Sonic’s new game?
Last but not least we have the crown jewel in my book for this Fall’s anime season. To Aru Majutsu no Index II, otherwise known as A Certain Magical Index II, is the sequel to the series of the same name a couple of years ago and is quite literally action filled to the brink with an intelligent storyline and lovable characters that doesn’t fall into any generic traps that action anime’s end up using as time goes on.
The basic premise is that Kamijou Touma lives in Academy City, where nearly every citizen has a special power of theirs rated on their power level, Level 5 as the strongest and Level 0 as nothing. Touma has absolutely no power; at least recognized by the system. Instead his right hand contains the power to dispel any type of magic or esper powers that he faces, and he has named it the Imagine Breaker. After the first series when he faced down crazed magicians and psychics, Touma is still protecting Index who is the center of all knowledge for the magical world and the Church of Necessarius.
If it sounds like it is confusing at times, it is true that Index can become confusing if you do not pay attention. However once you manage to understand everything that is going on there is a large amount of appreciation for the deep meanings shown in the show and the way that Touma stands up for those that are under attack regardless of who is opponent is or how much he will be hurt. If you happen to watch this though, be prepared for very large technical terms and explanations that will sometimes take up a few minutes of an episode simply to catch the audience up on what the characters are talking about.
After watching the first series, I can guarantee the fact that this sequel looks to deliver even more of the Light Novel in which the anime is based off of. Every familiar face from the first season is returning and even more are showing up to help drive the story along; even those that have no central origin in Index, but the spinoff Railgun.
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